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A friend of mine quit this company after working there for 3 months. As a PM, she mentioned that it was impossible for her to do any meaningful work. Mind you, this was back in 2014, when they were doing fairly well. She even removed traces of working there from her LinkedIn. Speaks a lot about the company.

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> She even removed traces of working there from her LinkedIn. Speaks a lot about the company.

Or it tells you that people don't like explaining short employment stints to potential employers, probably out of fear that the potential employer will think they were fired.

You either explain why the startup wasn't a good fit or the three month gap of employment on the resume. I know which I would chose.

I don't think anyone would ever bat an eye at a 3 month gap in the resume.

I don't "bat an eye", but I always ask about any gap longer than a month to see whether the candidate has an answer and how they explain it. The question is never about the truth for the gap and more to see how they handle the situation.

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